diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServerv2.2.0.16.1 b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServerv2.2.0.16.1
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4519f8f12
Binary files /dev/null and b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServerv2.2.0.16.1 differ
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
index 7677e79aa..104007fb7 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
@@ -858,25 +858,22 @@ enum runStatus getRunStatus(){
 
 
 
-char *readFrame(int *ret, char *mess){
-	//if(master){
-		if(!Feb_Control_WaitForFinishedFlag(5000))
-			cprintf(RED,"Error: Waiting for finished flag\n");
-		cprintf(GREEN,"Acquisition finished***\n");
+void readFrame(int *ret, char *mess){
+	if(!Feb_Control_WaitForFinishedFlag(5000))
+		cprintf(RED,"Error: Waiting for finished flag\n");
+	cprintf(GREEN,"Acquisition finished***\n");
 
-		if(eiger_storeinmem){
-			printf("requesting images after storing in memory\n");
-			if(startReadOut() == FAIL){
-				cprintf(RED, "Could not read out images\n");
-				*ret = (int)FAIL;
-				return NULL;
-			}
+	if(eiger_storeinmem){
+		printf("requesting images after storing in memory\n");
+		if(startReadOut() == FAIL){
+			strcpy(mess,"Could not execute read image requests\n");
+			*ret = (int)FAIL;
+			return;
 		}
-		//usleep(1000000);
-		printf("*****Done Waiting...\n");
-	//}
-		*ret = (int)FINISHED;
-	return NULL;
+	}
+	printf("*****Done Waiting...\n");
+	*ret = (int)FINISHED;
+	strcpy(mess,"acquisition successfully finished\n");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.h
index 1e1e13d40..baa0ab382 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int startStateMachine();
 int stopStateMachine();
 int startReadOut();
 enum runStatus getRunStatus();
-char *readFrame(int *ret, char *mess);
+void readFrame(int *ret, char *mess);
 
 
 int64_t setTimer(enum timerIndex ind, int64_t val);
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
index b50bc637a..897ccf788 100755
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ extern enum detectorSettings thisSettings;
 
 //global variables for optimized readout
 char mess[MAX_STR_LENGTH];
-char *dataretval=NULL;
 int dataret;
 //extern 
 int dataBytes = 10;
@@ -2527,9 +2526,8 @@ int start_and_read_all(int file_des) {
 
 
 int read_frame(int file_des) {
-
-	dataret=OK;
 	int dataret1;
+
 	if (differentClients==1 && lockStatus==1) {
 		dataret=FAIL;
 		sprintf(mess,"Detector locked by %s\n",lastClientIP);
@@ -2538,25 +2536,28 @@ int read_frame(int file_des) {
 		dataret1 = dataret;
 		sendData(file_des,&dataret1,sizeof(dataret1),INT32);
 		sendData(file_des,mess,sizeof(mess),OTHER);
+#ifdef VERBOSE
 		printf("dataret %d\n",dataret);
+#endif
 		return dataret;
 	}
 
 #ifdef SLS_DETECTOR_FUNCTION_LIST
-	dataretval=readFrame(&dataret, mess);
+		readFrame(&dataret, mess);
 #endif
 
-
-	//dataret could be swapped during sendData
-	dataret1 = dataret;
-	sendData(file_des,&dataret1,sizeof(dataret1),INT32);
-	if (dataret==FAIL)
-		sendData(file_des,mess,sizeof(mess),OTHER);//sizeof(mess));//sizeof(mess));
-	else if(dataret==OK){printf("shouldnt be sending anything but i am\n");
-		sendData(file_des,dataretval,dataBytes,OTHER);}
-
-	printf("dataret %d\n",dataret);
-	return dataret;
+ 		if (differentClients)
+ 			dataret=FORCE_UPDATE;
+		//dataret could be swapped during sendData
+		dataret1 = dataret;
+		sendData(file_des,&dataret1,sizeof(dataret1),INT32);
+		//always fail or finished
+		sendData(file_des,mess,sizeof(mess),OTHER);
+ 		if(dataret == FAIL)
+ 			cprintf(RED,"%s\n",mess);
+ 		else
+ 			cprintf(GREEN,"%s",mess);
+ 		return dataret;
 }